Re: Is dpkg unique to debian?
André Bell wrote:
>
> I just bought QUE's "Special Edition Using Linux" and there is no mention
> of dpkg in its index or table of contents. Bummer...
>
> I've typed 'dpkg --help' and still don't understand what I need to input so
> that apache installs.
>
> I've installed the admin package by running boot.bat and following the
> prompts and now would like to install apache and a few other web server
> packages. Unfortunately when signed in as root I get errors when I type
> "dpkg --install apache" and "dpkg apache" and errors with "dpkg -apache".
>
> I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas what I need to type to
> install apache? Deslect is supposed to be more user friendly but it seems
> deselect requires more effort to get to the item I want installed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andre'
> p.s. Oh, the error says 'Cannot access archive: No such file or directory
> Errors were encountered while processing'
>
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What you need to do is grad the apache archive and any dependencies that you
don't have and install with this command (as root).
dpkg -i apache_$$versioninfo$$.deb
Get it? You need a file to install from, you can't just type "dpkg -i apache".
I think that reading the debian FAQ will help in this regard. Get it from
www.debian.org under docs.
Hope that helps
Ken
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